Bondage: Bondage
Patti Davis. Pocket Books, $5.99 (320pp) ISBN 978-0-671-86954-0
Davis's lurid thriller chronicles a woman's high-voltage affair with a mysterious film director. (Jan.)
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Reviewed on: 01/02/1995
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